The care and feeding of children : a catechism for the use of mothers and children's nurses / by L. Emmett Holt.

  • Holt, L. Emmett (Luther Emmett), 1855-1924.
Date:
1914,©1912
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Credit: The care and feeding of children : a catechism for the use of mothers and children's nurses / by L. Emmett Holt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    Is there not great danger of a young hdby's tak- ing cold when aired in this manner? !N^ot if the period is at first short and the baby accustomed to it gradually. Instead of rendering the child liable to take cold, it is the best means of pre- venting colds. How should such an airing he given? The child should be dressed with bonnet and light coat as if for the street and placed in its crib or car- riage which should stand a few feet from the win- dow. All the windows are then thrown wide open, but the doors closed to prevent draughts. Screens are unnecessary. At what age may a child go out of doors? In summer, when one week old; in spring and fall, usually at about one month; in winter, when about three months old, but only on pleasant days, being kept in the sun and out of the wind. What are the best hours for airing out of doors? In summer and early autumn a child may be out almost any time between seven in the morning and sunset; in mnter and early spring, a young child only between 10 or 11 a. m. and 3 p. m.^ although this depends somewhat upon the climate. In New